Paternity

Legal Resources

• Paternity

  Click on this link to request an amendment, adding or changing the father's name on your child's birth certificate. Content Detail

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  Texas Department of State Health Services

• Texas Attorney General Handbook for Non-Custodial Parents

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  Texas Attorney General

• Birth and Death Record Amendment Forms

  Click on this link to request an application to change or amend a birth certificate, after the judge has signed an order changing your or child's name. Content Detail

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  Texas Department of State Health Services

• Child Support through the Texas Attorney General's Office

  Link to OAG Child Support site. Content Detail

• TXAccess.org

  This links to a website of English and Spanish resources for parents who do not have primary custody of their children, sponsored by Legal Aid of Northwest Texas and the Texas Attorney General's Office. It contains legal information about custody, child support, visitation, grandparents' rights and paternity issues. It provides some forms that might be useful to a non-custodial parent. Content Detail

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  Legal Aid of Northwest Texas

• Application for a New Birth Certificate Based on Parentage

  This form is used to ADD, REMOVE, or REPLACE information regarding the father and/or mother listed on the original birth certificate according to an establishment of PATERNITY or a COURT ORDER. Content Detail

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  Office of the Attorney General Texas

• Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity

  If you are not married to the father of your child but you want him listed as the legal father on the birth certificate, here is information you will need to know. Content Detail

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  Office of the Attorney General Texas